Disc 1/2
1. Blue Suede Shoes 2:16 
2. Honey Don't 2:49 
3. Boppin' The Blues 2:48 
4. All Mama's Children 2:07 
5. Put Your Cat Clothes On 2:50 
6. Dixie Fried 2:25 
7. Honky Tonk Gal 1:56 
8. Movie Magg 2:05 
9. Turn Around 3:44 
10.Dixie Bop 2:00 
11.Perkins Wiggle 2:36 
12.What You Doin' When You're Crying 2:52 
13.You Can't Make Love To Somebody 2:10 
14.Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby 2:13 
15.Right String Baby But The Wrong Yo-Yo 2:31 
16.Tennessee 3:03 
17.That Don't Move Me 2:04 
18.I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry 2:34 
19.Your True Love 2:56 
20.Matchbox 2:26 

Disc 2/2 
1. Brown Eyed Handsome Man 1:51 
2. Keeper Of The Key 3:26 
3. Farther Along 1:44 
4. Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley 2:25 
5. Just A Little Talk With Jesus 4:03 
6. I Shall Not Be Moved 3:13 
7. Lonely Street 2:44 
8. Sweethearts Or Strangers 2:19 
9. Be Honest With Me 2:41 
10.Caldonia 2:04 
11.Her Love Rubbed Off 2:52 
12.Roll Over Beethoven 2:52 
13.You Can Do No Wrong 2:23 
14.That's Right 2:39 
15.Forever Yours 2:38 
16.I Care 2:18 
17.Y.O.U. 2:39 
18.Look At The Moon 2:19 
19.Lend Me Your Comb 1:56 
20.Glad All Over 1:40

You get a lot of bang for your buck on this budget-priced, two-disc collection of Carl Perkins's music. Perkins was one of the founding fathers of rockabilly, and one of its most skilled practitioners as both singer and guitarist. THE FABULOUS CARL PERKINS offers 40 of his finest tunes, including the original rockabilly anthem "Blue Suede Shoes," the iconic "Honey Don't" and "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby"--both later covered by the Beatles--and a wealth of others, riding that fine line between country, blues, and early rock & roll as only Perkins could. ---Jim Allen, AllMusic Review

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1   Blue Suede Shoes (2:14) 
2   Honey Don't (2:41) 
3   I'm Walkin' (2:22) 
4   Matchbox (2:54) 
5   Susie Q (3:14) 
6   Memphis (2:27) 
7   Maybelline (2:14) 
8   Slippin' And Slidin' (2:18) 
9   Bebopalula (2:32) 
10   Roll Over Beethoven (2:39) 
11   Hound Dog (1:59) 
12   Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (2:38) 
13   Lucille (2:36) 
14   Jailhouse Rock (2:17) 
15   All Shook Up (2:09) 
16   That's Alright Mama (3:14) 
17   Bird Dog (2:36) 
18   Rock Island Line (2:46

Carl Perkins, (born April 9, 1932, Tiptonville, Tenn., U.S.—died Jan. 19, 1998, Jackson, Tenn.), American singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose song “Blue Suede Shoes” was a touchstone of the rockabilly musical movement of the 1950s. A “triple threat” performer—a strong singer, a prolific and imaginative songwriter, and an excellent and influential lead guitarist—Perkins rose from sharecropping poverty to international fame.

He was taught to play the guitar by an African-American neighbour with whom he picked cotton. Grounded in gospel music and influenced by bluegrass and Hank Williams, Perkins developed his style on the bar circuit in Jackson, Tennessee, playing from age 14 in a band that was rounded out by his brothers Clayton (on upright bass) and Jay (on acoustic rhythm guitar). After hearing Elvis Presley on the radio and being excited by the similarities between his music and their own beat-driven approach to country music, the Perkins brothers went to Memphis, Tennessee, to audition for Sun Records, the label for which Presley recorded. Perkins’s big break came in 1956 with “Blue Suede Shoes,” which he wrote after observing a dancer taking pains to preserve his new footwear. The song made the Top Five on the pop, country, and rhythm-and-blues charts, an unprecedented feat. En route to New York City to perform on national television, Carl and Jay were seriously injured in a car accident, temporarily halting the band’s momentum. In the meantime, Presley, by then recording for RCA, had a hit with his cover version of “Blue Suede Shoes.”

Perkins produced two moderate hits for Sun before leaving Sam Phillips’s label in 1958 to record for Columbia, where he managed only two minor chart entries; and Jay died that year of a malignant brain tumour. Dispirited by these events, Perkins fell victim to low morale and alcoholism. In 1964 and 1965, at the height of Beatlemania, he toured in Britain. George Harrison had been particularly influenced by his guitar playing, and the Beatles recorded several of his songs, including “Matchbox” (based on a blues standard) and “Honey Don’t,” raising Perkins’s profile and providing him with royalty earnings. From 1965 to 1976 he performed with Johnny Cash as part of Cash’s touring ensemble and on his television show. In their first year together the former Sun labelmates became born-again Christians and renounced their addictions. Cash also had a big hit with Perkins’s composition “Daddy Sang Bass.” Indeed, many other country acts found similar success with his songs. Subsequently, Perkins again played with a family band, this time with sons Greg (on bass) and Stan (on drums). Unquestionably one of rock music’s pioneers, Perkins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. ---Craig Morrison, britannica.com

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Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session

01. Put Your Cat Clothes On
02. Matchbox
03. Mean Woman Blues
04. You True Love
05. Born To Rock
06. The Birth Of Rock ‘N’ Roll
07. Dixie Fried
08. Rock’N’Roll Medley
09. Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Ba
10. Blue Suede Shoes

Carl Perkins (guitar, vocals)
Greg Perkins (bass guitar)
Lee Rocker (double bass)
Slim Jim Phantom (drums)
Earl Slick (guitar)
Dave Edmunds (guitar, vocals)
David Charles (drums)
John David (bass guitar)
Mickey Gee (guitar)
Geraint Watkins (piano)
Ringo Starr (drums, tambourine, vocals)
George Harrison (guitar, vocals)
Eric Clapton (guitar, vocals)
Rosanne Cash (vocals, maracas)

Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session was a televised concert that was taped live at Limehouse Studios in London, England on 21 October 1985. The show featured rock n' roll pioneer Carl Perkins along with friends as guest stars, including Eric Clapton, former Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr, as well as Dave Edmunds who acted as musical director for the show. Most of the repertoire performed in the concert consisted of Perkins' classic rockabilly songs from the 1950s.

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